An epileptic almost suffocated because of a fashionable lining on his teeth (4 photos)

A 22-year-old resident of Wisconsin (USA) narrowly escaped death. In during an epileptic seizure, he swallowed a decorative overlay on teeth are grills. It's not a dental necessity, but a popular one. decoration. And it went, as they say, "in the wrong throat."





Instead of going through the esophagus and into the digestive system, the grills got stuck in the passage to his lung.

The guy sought medical help after he felt coughing and severe wheezing.

X-ray scan showed that 4 cm a metal patch stuck in the right main stem bronchus, passed through the lungs.



The doctors rushed the patient to a bronchoscopy to remove the foreign object. This procedure involves the insertion of a thin, a lightweight tube called a bronchoscope into your airways. The emergency operation was successful. The guy was discharged after the procedure and course of steroids.



This isn't the first time teeth have been ingested into someone's body.

For example, a 2019 case study detailed described a 72-year-old Briton who swallowed his dentures after minor abdominal surgery. Earlier that year, the 50-year-old The men experienced a similar incident during sedation.

Also, in 2015, a 55-year-old Indian man realized that he had swallowed a part of his prostheses after a sleep attack. Edge of the prosthesis stuck in the wall of the esophagus.



If a person has an epileptic seizure, it is recommended to put it on the floor, turn it on its side to make it easier was to breathe, and remove everything hard or sharp from it. Seizures may affect different parts of the brain and lead to different symptoms. Many people faint, shake or freeze. There is also a risk tilt your head back and bite your tongue.

According to statistics, 50 million people worldwide suffer from epilepsy.